I WANT TO GO BACK I MISS EVERY BODY :( best years of my life any one who was is kwaj during 2003,2004,2005 please respond my name is Rachael i miss the island
in the late 60's I lived on Kwaj and the "edge" of a typhoon came over. Tore up what they call "iron trees". Had electric eels on the street. Kwaj has survived for thousands of years (with natives) due to the way the atoll is designed. They say a tidal wave coming toward it would be neutralized due to the way the ocean floor is. Good thing or the small island would be gone.
Remember the tidal wave disaster training army film they showed us in school? A jeep speeding to higher ground, as if we had any higher ground (other than Mt. Olympus, which was hollow).
I think you mean The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost. Nope, that's not me, though a few of my friends on Kwajalein have read the book and said that it was excellent. It's on my reading list.
These waves are probably laughable, especially when compared with those seen on the north shore of Oahu. However, they were pretty big by Kwaj standards. Too bad I couldn't find a brave soul to jump into the water to add some perspective. ;-) The tropical storm generated a strong westerly fetch, which caused a lot of beach erosion on the lagoon side of the east reef. If memory serves, an LCM/LCU for ferrying folks between the islands of Kwaj and Ebeye sank due to the inclement weather.
I was in Kwaj from 89-94. Great place
HomeInNetherlands 2 months ago
I WANT TO GO BACK I MISS EVERY BODY :( best years of my life any one who was is kwaj during 2003,2004,2005 please respond my name is Rachael i miss the island
pupluver888 8 months ago
Was on Kwaj from 71-73. My friend found a Japanese machine gun on Emon Beach after a tropical storm. Wow, I miss that place! Great video!
KwajGecko 1 year ago
when i lived on kwaj, no one surfed, ever. I was young, and I was never allowed to anyway, but I remember how furious those waves could be :)
lurindelle73 1 year ago
in the late 60's I lived on Kwaj and the "edge" of a typhoon came over. Tore up what they call "iron trees". Had electric eels on the street. Kwaj has survived for thousands of years (with natives) due to the way the atoll is designed. They say a tidal wave coming toward it would be neutralized due to the way the ocean floor is. Good thing or the small island would be gone.
ershepard 4 years ago
Remember the tidal wave disaster training army film they showed us in school? A jeep speeding to higher ground, as if we had any higher ground (other than Mt. Olympus, which was hollow).
Hcsidar 2 years ago
HEY ARE YOU THE GUY FROM SEX LIFES OF THE NATIVES... tHE BOOK. IF YOU HAVENT HEARD OF IT YOU HAVE TO READ IT. UNLESS YOU WROTE IT,
crabnuckle 4 years ago
I think you mean The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific by J. Maarten Troost. Nope, that's not me, though a few of my friends on Kwajalein have read the book and said that it was excellent. It's on my reading list.
mcgrathimages 4 years ago
hahah nice music.
awershler 4 years ago
oh ok ok i get it.
mrkauffman 4 years ago
i missed the big wave. i saw an furious ocean. but no big wave.
mrkauffman 4 years ago
These waves are probably laughable, especially when compared with those seen on the north shore of Oahu. However, they were pretty big by Kwaj standards. Too bad I couldn't find a brave soul to jump into the water to add some perspective. ;-) The tropical storm generated a strong westerly fetch, which caused a lot of beach erosion on the lagoon side of the east reef. If memory serves, an LCM/LCU for ferrying folks between the islands of Kwaj and Ebeye sank due to the inclement weather.
mcgrathimages 4 years ago